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At the head of the organization stood the prominent religious Jews of the city and among them: the Radomsker Rebbe, Rabbi Rabinowicz, the Amszinower Rebbe, Rabbi Abrahamele, Rabbi Zelwer, Rabbi Buki, Reb Y. M. Eibeszits, Kh. Sh. Krakowski, Y.Y. Zeligzon, D. Y. Zinger. A. Grosman, M. Lakhman, Y.D. Fajtlowicz, N. Eibeszits, Y. Szpira, E. Filler, L. Dunski, B. Ganszerowicz, Shoykhet Y. Poznanski, Shoykhet Y.Y. Bachen, L. Dankewicz, Y. Fajerman, Kh. Zelwer, M. Elboim, D.L. Fajerman, Y. Berger, Z. Goldberg, and others.
The provisional committee of Agudas Shlomeni Emunai Yisroel undertakes great deeds. However, above all, one wants to attract the young who aspire to the religious way of life. While the different parties carry out widespread political and cultural activities, founding libraries, distributing newspapers and so forth, the religious Jews neglect everything and must begin at the very beginning. The provisional committee proceeds with great ardor to its work. An assembly of representatives of the shtiblekh and minyonim, as well as prominent city businessmen, is called together and an appeal is read
The envoys were welcomed everywhere with great ardor and particularly by the young who aspired to communal life. At that time, the first conference of organized Orthodox Jewry took place in Warsaw. A delegation of several Radomsker young people took part. The conference changed the name of Shlomeni Emunai Yisroel to Agudas Israel.
After the above-mentioned Warsaw conference, the Radomsker organization was reorganized. A permanent committee was chosen which was joined by the majority of the above-mentioned activists and businessmen and some new members such as Reb Y. Granat, Kh. Rapoport, Y. Sztahl, M. Fiszhof, D. Blager, and W. Frank.
Simultaneously a strong youth organization arose, headed by the following young activists: N. Rabinowicz, D. Krakowski, Y. Dunski. Sh. A. Kupersztak, A. Rozencwajg, A. Zelwer, Y. Zandberg, and so forth. And of the survivors, we must remember some activists who are today found in Israel and are here, too, active in communal realms such as Comrade Bornsztajn, H. Liberman (in Jerusalem), Y. Albert, Y. Elboim, Y. Borszkowski (in Tel Aviv).
With the growth of the organization, a woman's organization, Daughters of Agudas Yisroel was founded and a religious workers' organization, Poalei Agudas Israel, each with its own separate managing committee at the head.
All of the organizations carried out effective activities, each in their realm. The Radomsker Agudas Yisroel sent delegates to different conferences of the central committee in Warsaw and also to the Knessia Hagdola (Agudas Yisroel political party conventions) in Vienna and Marienbad (Reb Rabinowicz, Radomsker Rebbe, H. Sh. Krakowski, Y. Berger, and so forth).
The well-known Orthodox educational worker Aleksander-Zishye Fridman who immediately helped to create a special commission on matters of education was invited to Radomsk from Warsaw. The commission proceeded at once to collect money, to rent a large apartment and Ysidi Torah, the first modern social-religious school for young boys, was opened in Radomsk. The joy in the city was beyond imagination because for the first time, a modern religious educational institution arose in Radomsk, with comfortable rooms, in which the best pedagogical methods for sacred and secular studies were used. The director Mr. Brumer was at the head. The institution, in fact, graduated a large number of talented students.
Agudas Yisroel began evening or Shabbos lectures in different locations in the city, where Daf Yomi (daily pages of the Talmud), religious laws and so forth was taught by Reb Zelwer, Reb Buki, Y. L. Dunski, H. Sh. Krakowski, D. Y. Zinger, the Reb Rabinowicz, and others. At the conclusion of a tractate of the Talmud, public semester ending parties and gatherings were arranged. At one such conclusion, the head of the Daf Yomi, the Lubliner Rebbe, Reb Szpira, of blessed memory, was specially invited. It is hard to describe the impression made in the city by the appearance of the Lubliner Rebbe. The shul overflowed with men and women from all strata without regard as to party. Reb Szpira mesmerized all listeners with his fiery words. His performance turned into a magnificent demonstration for the strengthening of the Augudist movement in general and for Orthodox education in particular.
Agudas Yisroel was not just concerned with young boys; it was also concerned with the daughters, the future mothers. Reb A. G. Fridenson of Lodz, the famous activist for Beis Yakov, was invited and clarified the importance of a religious-national school system Beis Yakov for girls. His lectures had the appropriate effect and a Beis Yakov school was founded in Radomsk with the best teachers, students who had completed the course of study in the Krakower Beis Yakov Seminary. The head of the Beis Yakov school system, Sara Szenirer, took part in the solemn opening of the Beis Yakov school. The solemn occasion took place in the city theater, which was full. The Beis Yakov school educated a generation of girls in the national-religious spirit.
The Radomsker Agudas Yisroel was also concerned with expanding the Orthodox press, journals and various publications of the organization and together with the Piotrkower Agudas published a weekly newspaper with the well known Warsaw columnist, A. B. Ekerman, as editor. The editor of the Radomsker section of this weekly newspaper was Y. Elboim.
After the Lubliner Rebbe proclaimed theDaf Yomi groshn (pay a groshn each day for each page of Talmud learned), a special commission was established in Radomsk for the Yeshivat Hakhme Lublin, which pursed all of its actions on behalf of the yeshiva, such as distributing pushkes, selling bricks, letters in the Sefer Torah, which was written, etc.
The Political Activity
At that time there was lively political and social activity in Poland. Voting was held for the Seim, Senat, to the City Council and the Kehilus. Agudas united with the secular Jewish community for the Seim and Senat elections and thanks to her cooperation helped elected the greatest possible number of Jewish representatives to the Polish legislature. For the City Council elections, Agudas sometimes acted independently and sometimes joined
First row on top (from the right): Leah Grosman, Hinde Rozenfeld, Ruth Beser, Dore Dankowicz, Hana Ofman, _____, Tamar Rikhman, Ester Goldberg, Haja Rozenfeld. Bluma Zemel, Zeidman, Haja Faktor, _____, Landau, _______, Ruchl Szimkowicz.
Second Row: Leah Blager, Dore Wertheim, Sara Zilbersztajn, Roze Fajerman, Zosya Rozenblum, Khana Fiszelewicz, Henye Rapport, Dwoyra Erlik, Zosya Tiberg, Rivkah Goldberg, Sara Frejlik, Dwoyra Rozencwajg, Ruth Lurya, Erszkowicz, Ruzka Kuperstof.
Third row: Fayge Blager, Perl Nomberg, Tzippe Lutkewicz, Regina Goldberg, Fayge Frank, Sara Bukhner (teacher), Leah Tenenboim (teacher), Adzia Wolhendler (instructor), Frida Wroclawski. Gita Frank, Khana Meitlic.
Fourth row: _____, Dobe Kohan, Zlate Moszkowicz, Khana Witznblat, Dina Eibeszic, Hinde Kamelgarn, Blume Zemel, Guta Goldberg, Roza Fajerman, Perl Elenberg, Bronya Tobiasz.
Bottom: Mindl Wroclawski, Tuba Rozencwajg, Rachel Elenberg, Bela Szaje, Malka Fajerman, _____, Mindl Ukrant, Yokhoved Kacowicz, Sara Eibeszic.]
with other parties and organizations, depending on the issue.
The deputies from Agudas Yisroel in the City Council (they served for various terms of office) were Y. Szpira, E. Filher, A. Grosman, D. Bugajski, Y. Berger, and others. With pride and respect, they represented general Jewish interests and especially defended Jewish matters and their efforts were successful in obtaining subsidies from City Hall for various general and religious institutions.
Agudas Yisroel was engaged in particularly effective activity during the elections to the Kehile, when it had to compete with other Jewish parties. The primary struggle was whether the Kehile should have a secular-national or a religious-national character. It should be understood that Agudas took the point of view that the Kehile needed to be a religious-national institution and waged an uncompromising struggle in order to receive greater representation in it. Agudas was successful in uniting all of the religious Jews in Radomsk in order to achieve this goal. It introduced to the Kehile (in the Council and managing committee) the eminent community workers H. Sh. Krakowski, A. Grosman, Y. D. Fajtlowicz, Z. Goldberg, Y. H. Tiger, B. Gonszerowicz, D. L. Fajerman, D. Z. Zinger, Y. Y. Zeligman, L. Dankowicz, Y. Berger, Wolf Frenk, Moishe Wajnrych, Dovid Rapapart, and others.
The united religious front truly achieved a victory and succeeded in bringing in a majority to the Kehile agencies, which gave it the ability to do a great deal on behalf of the Jewish population and, particularly in the religious sphere.
With the growth of the Halutzisher movement, a striving for Eretz-Yisroel filled the ranks of Agudas-Yisroel, too, particularly among the young. Therefore, various hachshara locations arose from Agudas, Tzeiri Agudas-Yisroel and Poalei Agudas Yisroel, where members worked in various ways for immigration to Eretz-Yisroel and later made aliyah with the payment of a grant with Agudas-Yisroel certificates.
Among the older members of Agudas, too, there grew the aspiration to make aliyah, which was strengthened after the repeated trips to Eretz-Yisroel of the Gerer Rebbe. After each trip, a spiritual awakening spread among the Radomsker Agudas members and the ordinary religious Jews. Members Sh. Bernsztajn, (presiding officer of Tzeire Agudas-Yisroel), Y. Albert, H. L. Liberman with his parents and brother, Y. Borzykowski, M. Kirsz, Y. A. Rozencwajg, M. B. Lehman, Y. Tron, and others made aliyah.
Both Agudas and its separate organizations, such as Tzeire Agudas-Yisroel and Poalei Agudas-Yisroel carried out impressive widespread cultural and societal activities. The Bnus Yakov were active in the field of education. At the head of the special committee of the Beis-Yakov School were Member Rubinowicz, Member Kalisz, Member Szpira and the Mrs. Berger, Fiszman, Krakowski, Eibeszic, Baszan, Frenk, Zeligman, and others.
The Zionist organizer Abner Gurfinkl burst from these apathetic conditions. At first he had to carry on his work alone, against the will of the former community workers, who considered themselves as the legitimate leaders of the so-called organization.
Gurfinkl did his work perfectly. Thanks to his devotion the organization came to life. In 1931, it was at work leading the collection of money for the Funds and elected it own councilman, Yosef Zeligman, to the City Council.
A. Gurfinkl. Manaheim Fakhter, Yakov-Yosef Szimkewicz, Haim Hartman, Leib Grundman, Moishe Tuchmajer and Yissakhar Minski belonged to the small group that struggled with great difficulties for a long time. In time, prominent community workers were added, such as Dr. Aronowicz, Herman Rodal, Yakov Witenberg, Yosef Zeligzon, Abraham-Shmuel Goldsztajn, Nisan Sobel and others.
The organization carried out courses in Modern Hebrew and arranged lectures with the participation of local and foreign lecturers.
Through the initiative of the Zionist organization, a division of the youth organization, Hnuer Hzioni, was created in 1933 and in 1938, the Zionist women's organization, Wizo.
During the course of the first two years, Hnuer Hzioni led the group with Minski, Tuchmajer and other members of the Zionist organization. However, later, the movement generated its own leaders, such as Rivkah Bialystok, Gitl Erlik, Miryam Tiger, Dina and Yissakhar Witenberg and others.
Hnuer Hzioni developed strongly and worked with great devotion for the Funds, occupying first place among the Zionist youth organizations in the city, organized courses in Modern Hebrew and controlled the Jewish gymnazie, which earlier was far from Zionism.
The Wizo section was first created in 1938 and immediately from the start many women in the city joined. At the head of Wizo stood the Mrs. Znamirowski, Gruszke, Szpira, Najkron and others.
The outbreak of the war in 1939 brought an end to Jewish social life in our city.
Standing (from the right): Fajerman, M. Tuchmajer, Yissakhar Minski, Grosman.
In the center: Malka Landau.
Under: _____, M. Tiger, A. Gliksman, R. Bialystok.]
The visit of Yitzhak Grinboim, the Zionist leader and prominent guide of Polish Jewry, will long remain engraved in the memories of the Zionist and ordinary Jews in Radomsk On alighting from the train, H. Hartman greeted the guest in Hebrew in the name of the reception committee and the group KKL H. Wolkowicz presided as the chairman of the academy in the Kino reception hall
The guest gave a two-hour speech about 50 years of Zionist fulfillment
After a short rest in the apartment of H. Eikhner, the distinguished guest visited the hachshara kibbutz Histadrut After, a meeting took place in the meeting hall of KKL under the chairmanship of H. Kornberg Nine o'clock in the evening a farewell banquet was held in the apartment of H. Goldberg, in which over 100 people took part, representatives of all of the Zionist groupings and of the Jewish intelligencia
(Excerpts from a report in Undzer Zeitung, the 11.12.31 [11 December 1931])
Top row (from the right): Yakov Szpira, A. Y. Kahn, Y. Damb, H. Rozenblat, Damb, Y. Grosman, Zlatnik, Grosman, Sh, Bialystok.
Second row: Devorah Bugajski, _____, A. Grosman, F. Winer, Grosman, _____, Kuferman, Sh. Rubinowicz, K. Bugajski.
Third row: K. Buchman, _____, Minska, H. Dudkewicz, Yadwya Bugajski, M. Waksman, S. Witenberg, Winer, A. Grosman, N. Winer.
Bottom: M. Bugajski, B. Winer, H. Minski, B. Grosman, E. Bugajski, Rubinowicz.]
Top row (from the right): Chava Warsawski, Rivkah Bugajski, Leah Slamkowicz, Yakubowicz, Krajckop, Henye Pacanowski.
Second row: Yadwya Kac, Miryam Pacanowski, Tzipporah Goslawski, Shol Karp, Ruchel Zajdman, Seczemski, Sarah Gliksman.
Bottom: Abraham Haze, Yakov Eikhner, Ahron Rotenberg.]
Baden-Powell movement. From the beginning, scouting had an educational character, laying stress on good habits and on physically hardening the young. The scouts instructed each other, made distant excursions in the areas around Radomsk and the like. Those who belonged to the organization were mostly the Jewish students from the gymnazie and the folks-school.
The first instructors were Yakov Zarski, the Koniecpolski brothers, Wajnberg, Zelig Wilhelm, Shlomoh Haze, Gute Szac and her brother, Heniek Winer. At first the scouts met at Telman's on Zeromski Street 1, later at Mineralne 1 and at the end at Meitlic's on Czenstochowska.
With the arrival of Pirchei-Zion (a Zionist youth group at the head of which stood Dovid Gold) and after the scouts joined Hashomer Hatzair, a Zionist spirit began to reign in the organization, of which the religious and assimilated circles were not fond. They felt they were losing influence over the young. In that era, the scout youth met in the Zionist meeting hall Beis Yakov and Ruwin Najkron took over in the Patronat.
The Zionist movement in the city was then weak. They had not shown any great interest in the theoretical and practical problems of Zionism and limited themselves only to collecting money for the Funds.
Another spirit reigned in the guardist group. Here each guard found his home; here he learned Hebrew (with the teacher Khaszczewocki), Jewish History, Geography of Palestine, sang songs from Eretz-Yisroel, danced dances from Eretz-Yisroel. From time to time distant excursions took place during which one over-nighted in tents, cooked and prepared everything oneself. During one of these excursions (next to Zlati Potok Golden Stream), anti-Semites attacked the camp. However, the youths presented a courageous defense and at the end drove away the hooligans. This excursion was, in general, very successful and left a deep impression on all of the participants.
The specific atmosphere of freedom and joy, which reigned in Hashomer and simultaneously the inner discipline, whose purpose was to harden the young and prepare them for life in Eretz-Yisroel, drew the young boys and girls to Hashomer, which was turned into one of the largest youth organizations in the city.
In time, Hashomer founded a library with Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish books. A dramatic circle was created, managed by Abraham Ofman and a chorus that was conducted by Zaks.
On Chanukah, Hashomer would organize a Chanukah evening of recitations, music, sports exercises, pyramids and the like in a meeting hall of the Kinema, which were warmly received by the population.
The Hashomer had a representative in KKL, in the League for Workers Eretz-Yisroel and took part in the actions of Keren Hisud. During the national yomim-tuvim the guards dressed in uniforms marched
Raised in the spirit of mutual aid, the guards took care of their sick comrade, Matke Pacanowska, with endless devotion. They stood watch by her bed day and night, provided medical and financial aid and when Matke died, despite all efforts, they erected a headstone for their comrade.
Professor Bromberg, who helped organize a guard group in the Jewish gymnazie, did a great deal for Hashomer.
In addition to the educational, cultural and idealistic work, Hashomer did not neglect concrete tasks of life in Eretz-Yisroel. For this purpose, summer camps were arranged in the surrounding villages. They were also sent to hachshara locations (Miryam Pacanowska and Sarah Gliksman). Close contact was maintained with two Hashomer in HeHalutz, who carried out similar work among older members.
It is necessary to remember the activist members among Hashomer Hatzair in Radomsk: Shlomoh Haze, Tzvi Witenberg, Ben-Zion Grosman, Dovid Bugajski, Dovid Wielunski, Abraham Kahn, Yakov Eikhner, Yakov Grosman, Ester Lewkowska, Fela Zilberberg, Leah Czarska, Pola Goslowska, Miryam Pacanowska, Malka Fajerman, Molye Litmanowicz, Rivkah Bugajska, Shmuel Bialystok, etc.
Dozens of guards made aliyah to Eretz-Yisroel and many are found in the kibbutzim today.
Berl Laker, representative of the World Union of P.Z. (Z.S.) and A. Cyzling, emissary of the Histadrut and he-Halutz in Poland, took part in the youth conference. Our delegate to the conference was Yehuda Liberman.
The right wing Poalei-Zion had no youth group in Radomsk. The Z.S., on the other hand, had a large youth group, which immediately joined Freiheit and became very active there. The majority of the members of the group lived in Atzkawski's house on Shul Street. There was Yakov and Ruchl Liberman, Dovid and Leah Wadislawski, Asher and Nusen Grosman, Yehezkeil Cukerman and others. With the creation of Freiheit, new members joined, such as Tuvia Borzykowski, of blessed memory, Abraham Goldberg (now a member in Kibbutz Shfaim), the brothers Abraham and Tuvia Mandel, Yakov-Shmuel Moszkowicz (now a member of Kibbutz Ein-Carmel), Yehezkeil Skornicki and many others.
The new youth organization began its activities with a recruitment campaign by its members. Many young workers and children from poor homes, sons and daughters of tradesmen and small businessmen, who needed to help out their parents by earning a living from early until late at night, joined as members of Freiheit. The organization placed the most importance on educational and cultural work. Whereas many young people did not even have an elementary education, the goal was to educate the young in the light of the ideals of Zionism and Socialism, in the spirit of the Halutzisher youth movement whose purpose was preparatory agricultural training for emigration to Eretz-Yisroel and aliyah.
The educational work was directed by the Freiheit members M.Z. Rozenblat, Arya Cipler, Yehuda Liberman, Haim Goldberg, and others, who carried out a systematic series of lectures about real questions. Later, Professor Izrael Bramberg enlisted in the educational work.
The creation of the Sholem Aleichem Library significantly enriched the knowledge of the young Freiheit members were the most dedicated readers in the library and many helped in its development.
From the right: Yerhameel Herbert, Tuvia Borzykowski, Yehezkeil Skornicki, Tuvia Mandel, Dovid Wadislawski.
Top row: Yehezkeil Dikerman, Fiszman, Brocha Grosman, Kos, Mendl Grosman, Mendl Fiszhof, _____, Gershon Gaslowski, _____, _____, Gitl Dawidowicz, Yadl Hampel.
Second row: B. Sztajn, Birncwajg, Y. Brener, Y. Herbet, Yakov Wengligski, Szklarczyk, Berl Kuperwaser, Abraham-Mendl Fiszlewicz.
Third Row: Rozenblum, Moishe Wajnman, Taychner, Sara Dawner, Hana Gelbard, Yehezkeil Skornicki, Ahron Fiszlewicz, Moishe-Yitzhak Sitenberg, Shmuel Najman, A. Bialopolski, Haim Goldberg, Shlomoh Najman, Shlomoh Brener, Yakov Liberman, Yakov Widislowski, Tuvia Borzykowski.
Bottom: _____, _____, _____, Dawidowicz, F. Hirszberg, Tuvia Mandel, Ruchl Liberman, Rozenberg, Szklarczyk, _____, Aliezer Haptman, Fiszel Zandberg.]
Top row (from the right): Yosef Liberman, Shimshun Granek, Fiszel Zandberg, Abraham Teikhner.
Second row: Moishe Rozenberg, Gitl Wurcel, Yakov Menale, Szlomkowicz, Abraham Dikerman. Bottom: Fiszel Zajdman, Sara Najman, _____.]
The youth organization Freiheit constantly received new members and became the defensive wall against communist agitation that planted hatred among the Jewish youth against national revival in Eretz-Yisroel. It is worthwhile to remember that at that time an anti-Zionist mood reigned in Radomsk, which was brought by the Israeli expatriates from the 4th aliyah, who returned home and spoke ill of Eretz-Yisroel. As a result of this, the local Zionist parties suspended their activities and there remained individuals who persevered in the Zionist framework. There was almost no one to oppose the anti-Zionist activity. The youth organization Freiheit together with the party and he-Halutz were the only ones in the city carrying out strong activity against the red assimilation and salvaged from their influence hundreds of young people who lived to see themselves immigrate to Eretz-Yisroel.
The enlightened activities advanced further with each year and included wider areas of Zionist and socialist life in Eretz-Yisroel. Simultaneously, every year Freiheit would take part in the international workers' holiday on the 1st of May. Weeks earlier the meaning of the holiday would be discussed at special meetings, workers' songs were learned, posters and billboards were prepared, there were lively discussions and agitation among the Jewish youth urging them to participate in the First of May demonstrations.
Sometimes the workers' demonstrations on the 1st of May were held jointly with the other Jewish and Polish workers' parties and sometimes each party demonstrated separately. The demonstrations of the united Poalei-Zion-Z.S. Party always focused on Zionist-Socialist groupings in addition to the members and followers of Freiheit, the members of he-Halutz, of the League for Workers in Eretz-Yisroel, later from Haoved (labor faction within the Socialist-Zionist camp) and of the professional unions that were under the influence of the party. These demonstrations were the largest and were better organized than those of the other demonstrating groupings.
Freiheit members participated very actively in the work of K.K.L. and in all of the other actions and money collections. Freiheit occupied the first spot, after the K.K.L. battalion, in arranging bazaars, flower days, and other undertakings, among the Radomsker youth organizations in participation in the actions of K.K.L. The permanent Freiheit representatives on the committee of K.K.L. were the members Y. Skornicki, M. Grosman, A. Cipler, Y. Birnbaum, Y. Granek, L. Houptman, Kh. Cukerman and others.
For the election to the Zionist Congress, Freiheit distributed many shekels and at the clarification meetings that the organization carried out, the party members A. Bialopolski, of blessed memory, Anshel Reis, L. Szpisman, Y. Ritaw, Leizer Lewin, and others participated. The meetings were a great success and brought good results during the voting.
After several years of education work, at the beginning of 1930 the Freiheitist's Hachshara (agricultural training) began and later their aliyah to Eretz-Yisroel. The first members who traveled
In 1931 a number of members made aliyah, in spite of the closed doors of Eretz-Yisroel. Banquets were held in honor of the aliyah of these members, at which we touchingly took leave of those departing.
Every year members of Freiheit would join the party. These were august moments and always took place in a joyful manner and at a special meeting. The first such gathering took place in 1931 when the comrades Skornicki, Borzykowski, Grosman, Widislawski, Yakov Liberman and others joined the party. The new party members were welcomed by Haim Goldberg, Yehuda Liberman and others. In 1933 the Comrades Granek, Kuperwaser, Birnbaum, the Mandel brothers and others joined.
Such celebrations were also held in subsequent years and the new members took the place of the old members who made aliyah to Eretz-Yisroel or undertook other important party positions.
The members of Freiheit, in agreement with their active Zionist-Halutzisher activities, helped the party in its local political activities, such as voting for the City Council, Kehile, and the like.
Thirty-eight members from Radomsk took part in the Freiheit organization meeting for the Lodz region that occurred in April 1930. Year in and year out, Freiheit arranged summer camps for the members, who benefited greatly from this.
In 1931 the organization Freiheit in Radomsk arranged a solemn academy for its 5th anniversary at which Z. Szerf from Eretz-Yisroel, H. Goldberg, Yehuda Liberman, Sh. Najman, Yakov Liberman, a representative of Tur and youths from the Polish Workers' Party, P.P.S., and others appeared on stage with welcoming remarks.
The members of Freiheit were very active in the creation of the sport club Hapoel and were the most active members of the different sports sections as well as in the dramatic section.
The club carried out effective activities and was located in a large beautiful meeting hall near the Kino. Four men's groups and five women's groups were active in the club, which exercised under the direction of the instructors Dovid Wielunski and Mundek Fajerman (both had completed special courses as exercise instructors).
The club had a strong ping-pong section that was the runner-up in the Czenstochower league, a fairly good football section that achieved several victories over various football clubs and was champion of the Hapoel clubs in the Lodzer circle.
The celebration of the international youth day in November 1936 turned out to be very impressive.
In 1937 Freiheit arranged an exhibition of the works of the members that included painting, knitting, carving wooden models, cabinet making, metal work, tailoring and the like. The exhibition, which made a colossal impression, was accompanied by lectures, academies, and so forth. In 1938 the merger of Freiheit and he-Halutz-Hatzair took place.
Thus evolved the young in Radomsk in the Halutzish-Zionist ranks of Freiheit until until the coming of the dark tragic days of September 1939, when the murderous German bands spread death and Holocaust.
After the first month of penal-life in the Radomsker ghetto, Comrade Tuvia Borzykowski, the Freiheit coach and teacher, decided to create the first underground group of Jewish youth in Radomsk, without any connection with other cities in Poland, and without the Center in Warsaw.
The members of Drur-Freheit were those who created the first four groups of five members as the nucleus of the Jewish underground to struggle against the Germans. The first meeting of the four fifths took place in the home of the veteran of the rightist Poalei-Zionist Comrade Mordekhai Zelig Rozenblat.
Second row: Fishel Zajdman, Tzvi Cipler, Sara Fiszman, Shimkah Rajkh, Sara Gelbard, Sh. Tajchner, Sara Frenska, Borukh Szimonowicz, _____, Dov Krybus.
Third row: Moishe Brener, Wolf Brener, Ahron Fiszlewicz, Tuvia Borzykowski, Haim Goldberg, Yehuda Liberman, Yakov-Shmuel Moszkowicz, Prof. Israel Bramberg, Moishe-Yitzhak Sitenberg, Yerahmeel Herbert, Hana Gelbard, Yehezkeil Dikerman, Abraham Mandel, Dovid Widislawski, Yakov Liberman, Fiszman.
Fourth row: Abraham Dikerman, A. Tajchner, _____, Yakov Gotesman, _____, Ruchl Liberman, Sara Najman, Szklarczyk, _____, Moishe Liberman.
Fifth row: Hana Ofman, _____, Cipler, G. Szerman, A. Szerman, Gitl Widislawski, Abraham Birnbaum, Tuvia Mandel, _____, Moszkowicz, Moishe Rozenberg, Pinkhas Liberman, Leah Widislawksi, _____, _____, Tkasz, Hana Wajnman, Wolf Szimonowicz.]
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One of those moments was a hot August evening in 1929. Dozens of Jews had assembled at the train station, respected businessmen and ordinary young men. They had not agreed to meet prior to arriving; they had not organized themselves. They came here spontaneously in order to wait for the train that would arrive from Warsaw. The morning newspaper had reported that a large group of Halutzim (pioneers) were departing from Warsaw for Eretz-Yisroel after noon. And it was understood that that meant the express train that passes through Radomsk at ten o'clock in the evening. That is, it would be possible to tell the pioneers, fort gezunterheit (travel in good health) and accompany them with a blessing on their way to the homeland.
The small Jewish population in Palestine was once again enveloped in flames and making a sacrifice in order to preserve what has already been achieved. Now young men traveled there to strengthen the line of fighters and drill in the Jewish homeland. Therefore, they needed to be accompanied by everyone's blessing.
The train comes in, a red glow from the large round lanterns approaching and cutting through the darkness of the night. And there is something symbolic in the redness of the lights that light the dark surrounding fields In the dark, young men can be seen on the train, the beaming faces of the Halutzim. In their hands flutters the blue and white flag. Those assembled look at them with pride and with envy. They are traveling to struggle and to build, and every one of their hearts is filled with the belief that they will see with their own eyes the liberated Jewish nation. The singing of Hatikvah broke out from our hearts and overwhelmed the noise of the departing train.
Late, after half the night had passed, those of us gathered at the train station dispersed. There was a heavy feeling in our hearts, a longing and envy, but simultaneously, there also ripened a passionate desire to free ourselves of our chains of exile and follow the Halutzim, in order to build that new life in our old new-home, together with them, hand in hand.
|HISTADRUT heHALUTZ RADOMSK
We have the honor to invite you to the
In view of the departure of members
From the material that the Nowo-Radomsker Patronat published in America, we get a glimpse into its character, aims, publications and accomplishments. The Patronat was considered an instrument in the struggle against Polish reaction, which through its anti-Semitic policies of rooting out the opposition and through terroristic laws, took away the right and the ability of the broad Jewish masses in Poland to exist.
True, the Polish multitude were also victims of the reaction. Their standard of living was lowered. However, when times were perilous for the Polish reactionary government, it applied the old Czarist methods of agitation against the Jews and, following the usual practice, blamed the Jews for the critical situation. In that way, the government would divert the attention of the Polish masses
The progressive elements in Poland, Jews and non-Jews, who dared to stand against the ruling circles, with complaints and protests against their actions, were ruthlessly oppressed with force. They were thrown in jail or interned in special isolation camps. According to a general estimate by the above mentioned Patronat for the years 1934-1935, approximately 50,000 people were arrested or interned in Poland, in 364 jails and camps. All of those who dared to complain or protest against the regime were prosecuted according to the paragraphs of the legal code concerning anti-state or Communist activities, although not all of those sentenced were necessarily active Communists.
Among the Radomsker youth who were sentenced to prison by the local county court (in 1934) were Hershel Witenberg, Sheike Rozenblat, Roiza Saletski, and Liobe Rozenbaum (to 4 years); Leibish Rozencwajg, and Mietuk Kazak (to 3 years); Dovid Bugajski and Leyzer Kalka (to 2 years); Meir Goldsztajn (1 ½ years), a total of 9 young people.
In 1934, there were 86 members of the Nowo-Radomsker Patronat. The Aid Committee sent material support to Radomsk, food and clothing for the city's political prisoners and their families. The activity of this Aid Committee was carried out with the massive support of the general landsmanschaft-society of the Radomskers in America, and had a positive effect on the working circles and among the masses in Radomsk proper.
A message released by Nowo-Radomsker Patronat during a banquet of the general Nowo-Radomsker 'Relief' in New York (February 1937) said:
|Worthy friends!' The Jewish tragedy in all of Poland has reached a point
that cannot be worse and has already penetrated throughout Jewish life. There
is no limit to the wild barbarism, the reckless situation and the openly brutal
pogroms. The ordinary Jew is deprived of his livelihood; milk sellers,
butchers, bakeries and Jewish workers are thrown over the precipice. Jewish
students are thrown out of the secondary schools, bloodied and insulted, and
they are not permitted to fulfill their long held hope of becoming doctors, or
entering other intellectual professions. And how can one, worthy friends, in
such a bloody nightmare, free oneself from the painful feeling of many empty
hopes, at a time when our sisters and brothers bathe themselves in a sea of
distress and need, and no one does anything?
Dear friends! We appeal to you, help us in the sacred work! We must be united against such a mighty foe! Join with all the members of the Nowo-Radomsker Patronat, while we redouble our assistance work; do not stand as a spectator at a distance in such a solemn historic moment. Become one of the activists in this virtuous aid work. With it, you will stimulate your human spirit to help relieve the pain of the political prisoners and their families, who give their young lives for the suffering of the Jewish people.
Standing (from the right); M. Meitlis, ______, Fiszelewicz, D. Bugajski, S. Krakowski, A. Witenberg, Kh. Kahen, ______, Zeidman, S. Tsifler, Y. Birenbaum, S. Grosman, L. Szrajber, L. Grundman, Y. Rozensztajn, L. Goldberg, _______, Gliksman, Gaslowski, Y. Fajerman, Szieke Rozenblat, Y. Goldberg, Kh. Bugajski
Second and third rows: A. Najman, U. Ofman, A. Bugajski, Blumsztajn, D. Rozensztajn, R. Jakubowicz, _______, Fiszelewicz, _______, Dikerman, P. Azman, Przyrowski, Merkin, Szpira, Beser, Przyrowski, Najman.]
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In Israel a murderous hand interrupted the rich active life of our unforgettable leader Dr. Haim Arlozorov.
The 18th Zionist Congress, desiring to perpetuate the memory of our tragically murdered leader, had decided to create in Eretz-Yisroel a large colony in his name, on which will be settled some hundred families including German Jews.
The local Arlozorov Committee has decided to begin the solicitation this week, and for that purpose our representative will call upon you in the coming days and we ask that you give a proper donation.
In the name of Arlozorov Work Committee:
The Zionist Organization:
Dr. Y. Aranowicz, Josef Zeligzon, Yakov Szpira
Y. S. A. F. 'Po'Alei Zion' (with Z.S.)
Wolf Szpira, Moishe Szitenberg, Ezekeil Skurnitski
The Keren Kayamet Commission
Chaim Hartman, Abraham Eizen
heHalutz B. Kuperwaser, Oberzanek
The League for Work. Eretz-Yisroel
Leman, Feiwel Larye
Y.A.S.K. Hapoel
L. Szpira, Y. Cipler
Freiheit Organization
Sh. Granek, A. Dikerman
Yisokhar Minski, M. Tiger
Gordinya H. Ofman, R. Warsawski
[Caption: The Proclamation of the United Arlozorov Work Committee (1933)]
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IP Issues for Business Lawyers:
(1.) Mergers et al. IP in the New Technological Age, 6th Ed. The text will be used during the first approximately 2/3 of the semester while the students are researching their presentation/paper topics; Presentations will be scheduled and given to the class during the remaining part of the semester.
(2.) IP-related articles in the business press e.g., the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, can or will provide topics for student research papers . Recent examples include stem cells (ethics), eBay (compulsory licensing), Blackberry (patent entrepreneurs), short term copyright protection for fashions, the Merck case (experimental use), proprietary/generic drug conflicts, e.g. Bristol-Myers drug Plavix, F.T.C. generic drug policy, Hatch-Waxman "reverse payments" antitrust issues; eBay; Medimmune; IP and telecom trade-based issues in the International Trade Commission, mobile device patent wars (Apple, Samsung); KSR; Seagate; the American Invents Act; restriction of the inequitable conduct doctrine; trademark registration argument estoppel; the recent jurisprudential attention from the USSC given to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit relating to patentable subject matter (Bilski, Prometheus) and patent exhaustion (LG Electronics); Bayh-Dole federal research dollar-supported academic tech transfer—non-practicing entity issues; the patentability of genes. There are many others. The student identifies a topic of their choice, including but not limited to articles in the business popular press (or elsewhere), researches the IP and business issues relating thereto, gives a presentation to the class, and writes a paper in law review format. (If taking the course for 2 credits, the paper should be about 15 pages; if for 3 credits, about 25 pages.) The paper will be due the last day of finals.
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Gill South swings into action for an aerobics class with a difference.
Well I'm sorry, but you can't call yourself a proper Aucklander unless you've been to a Hot Hula class - it's just such a celebration of the Polynesian culture we have in this city.
I go along to a Hot Hula fitness class on a rainy Monday night held at the St Joseph's church school hall next to the Grey Lynn library on Great North Rd.
This is not like any other exercise class - you are greeted with a hug - Hot Hula is not just about a fitness workout, it's about sisterhood (and brotherhood) coming together. It's lovely that, though this is an aerobics class, there is no lycra in sight or if there is, it's been covered with beautiful colours, preferably floral.
My look is a bit busy: black leggings topped by a purple sarong wrapped around my waist, a bright pink top, a jumper, a sports cardy and a maroon lei. It takes me a good ten minutes before I discard the jumper - it is a chilly winter night after all.
We start the class with a wee prayer led by Tina Reid, the instructor who takes us through the various steps, there's a lot of hip swaying, and going low. She tells us to swing our hips in the shape of a smile. This class is all about strengthening our core - with specific emphasis on the abs, glutes, quads and arms. Tina is good on imagery. She tells us to swing our hips around as if we are cleaning out an icecream container with our bottoms. Now that speaks to me. Celebrate that derriere is the message.
I'm expecting traditional Polynesian music but in fact, we have a real mix - the Pointer Sisters, Whitney Houston, some traditional island music, some hip-hop and we finish with Michael Jackson.
As the new girl to the class, I'm following all the experienced ones and there are so many to choose from, some not bad Pakeha there too. Meanwhile the vast majority seriously know what they are doing as this is the intermediate class - Tina has many assistant teachers. These are elegant women. Just the way they turn their heads to the music, move effortlessly from side to side, it's a joy to watch. Some have brought their little daughters who hop up on the stage with the teachers after a while - heaven for eight-year-old girls.
The hardest bit I find is when you go down low and wiggle your hips - I think at that point I resemble a tin soldier, all stiff and disjointed. The gorgeous bejewelled older woman on my right, on the other hand, has it sussed. She is having a ball, undulating to the music with perfect timing.
I have moments where I get it. I peak I think when doing these punches out from the body and then some chest thrusts, I get a bit of rhythm going. One of the kind assistant teachers says she has been impressed with my sense of rhythm. No doubt complete hokum, but it's very much part of the supportive atmosphere in the class. This is no bootcamp - if you come here after a taxing day, it will be like having a warm, enveloping hug - you leave beaming and relaxed.
I'll definitely come again. There's also a class at the Grey Lynn Community Centre on Friday nights too. And the cost, just $2.
Next week:
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Spirited Away, playing on Sunday at 9:45am on IFC
A few new ones this week – the still powerful mental illness drama The Snake Pit on Monday, the mismatched buddy comedy The Odd Couple on Tuesday, Meryl Streep's first Oscar-winning role in Kramer vs. Kramer on Wednesday, a great teaming for Taylor and Burton in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Saturday, and one of Miyazaki's best, Spirited Away on Sunday. A lot of great repeats, too – some Bogart and Bacall, some of Woody Allen's best, a few of our favorite films of the decade (The Squid and the Whale and The New World), a pair of Soderberghs, some classic sci-fi from Kubrick and Spielberg, and a pair of Hitchcocks to finish out the week.
Monday, February 15
7:30am – TCM – I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Paul Muni plays an initially optimistic and energetic young man who struggles to find a job during the Depression. Eventually he ends up unwillingly involved in a robbery and sentenced to the chain gang. One of Warner Bros' best "ripped from the headlines" socially conscious films – they did a lot of them in the 1930s.
1931 USA. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson.
8:00pm – TCM – The Snake Pit
One of the earlier films to deal with the realities of mental illness seriously, with Olivia de Havilland as a woman in an insane asylum, brilliantly moving back and forth between lucidity and falling back in the fog of illness. She got an Oscar nom for her role, based on a true story.
1948 USA. Director: Anatole Litvak. Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm.
Newly Featured!
10:00pm – TCM – The Heiress
Olivia de Havilland won her Oscar for her role as the title character in this adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square, a woman forbidden from love with a young suitor because her controlling father fears the suitor is only a fortune hunter.
1949 USA. Director: William Wyler. Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins.
12:00M – IFC – The Proposition
Australia's answer to the western; Guy Pearce must hunt down and capture his brothers for the law in order to save his own skin. Gritty and violent almost to a fault, and it definitely brought new life to the Western genre.
2005 Australia. Director: John Hillcoat. Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone.
Tuesday, February 16
7:05am – Sundance – Paris, je t'aime
I have a huge soft spot for Paris – basically any movie set there I will like to at least some degree. So an anthology film with eighteen internationally-renowned directors giving their take on Paris with eighteen short films all mashed together? Yeah, instant love. Obviously some sections are far stronger than others – the Coens, Gus van Sant, Alexander Payne, Isabel Coixet, Tom Tykwer, and Wes Craven turn in my favorites.
2006 France. Director: various. Starring: many.
(repeats at 3:05pm)
10:15am – TCM – Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall team up for the final time on this great noirish melodrama of a group of people, including a wheelchair-bound hotel owner, his recently widowed daughter-in-law (Bacall), a war veteran (Bogart), and a ruthless gangster and his girl, forced to take refuge against a fierce hurricane. Among the best films for all involved, and that's saying something considering who all is involved.
1948 USA. Director: John Huston. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor.
Must See
10:15am – IFC – Hannah and Her Sisters
Though I love Manhattan and Annie Hall to bits, I throw my vote for best Woody Allen movie ever to Hannah and Her Sisters. It has all the elements Allen is known for – neurotic characters, infidelity, a tendency to philosophize randomly, New York City, dysfunctional family dynamics, acerbic wit – and blends them together much more cogently and evenly than most of his films do.
1986 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Barbara Hershey, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen.
Must See
(repeats at 3:55pm)
2:00pm – TCM – Grand Hotel
This 1932 Best Picture Oscar-winner is honestly pretty creaky around the joints these days, but if you wanna see how they used to do ensemble pictures in the studio days, this is it. MGM's top talent, from Garbo and Crawford to Beery and two Barrymores are all on hand.
1932 USA. Director: Edmund Goulding. Starring: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt.
5:45pm – IFC – Millions
In this Danny Boyle film, a young British boy finds a bag with millions of pounds in it; the catch is that Britain is days away from switching to the euro, so the money will soon be worthless. The shifting ethical questions combined with a sometimes almost Pulp Fiction-esque style and a fascinating religious backdrop (I'm still not sure where he was going with that) at the very least means an intriguing couple of hours.
2004 UK. Director: Danny Boyle. Starring: Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Christopher Fulford.
(repeats at 8:30am and 1:15pm on the 17th)
8:00pm – TCM – Some Like It Hot
After musicians Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon unwittingly witness the St. Valentines Day Massacre, they have to escape the mob by impersonating women and joining an all-girls band. The fact that Marilyn Monroe is the band's lead singer doesn't help them stay undercover. Easily one of the greatest comedies ever put on film.
1959 USA. Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, George Raft.
Must See
10:15pm – TCM – The Odd Couple
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have made a lot of movies together over the years, and this mismatched buddy film (written by Neil Simon) remains one of the best, as neatnik Felix (Lemmon) and slob Oscar (Matthau) become roommates and try not to drive each other nuts.
1968 USA. Director: Gene Saks. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau.
Newly Featured!
Wednesday, February 17
6:00am – IFC – Bananas
Woody Allen in full-on zany mode in one of his earlier films, as the wonderfully named Fielding Mellish. In an attempt to impress a politically-minded girl, Mellish runs off to a Latin American country and takes it over.
1971 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán.
(repeats at 11:45am and 4:35pm)
8:00am – TCM – The Private Life of Henry VIII
The first of several times Charles Laughton played England's King Henry VIII, and he won an Oscar for it – it was a role that "fit" him very well, if you get my drift.
1933 USA. Director: Alexander Korda. Starring: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon, Elsa Lanchester, Wendy Barrie, Binnie Barnes.
Newly Featured!
3:30pm – TCM – They Were Expendable
There are films that don't seem to be all that while you're watching them – no particularly powerful scenes, not a particularly moving plot, characters that are developed but don't jump out at you – and yet by the time you reach the end, you're somehow struck with what a great movie you've seen. This film was like that for me – it's mostly a lot of vignettes from a U-boat squadron led by John Wayne, the only one who thought the U-boat could be useful in combat. But it all adds up to something much more.
1945 USA. Director: John Ford. Starring: John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond.
Must See
8:00pm – Sundance – The Squid and the Whale
Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney are married writers/academics who finally drive each other too crazy to keep living together, bringing their two adolescent sons into their turmoil when they separate. Everything about the film works together to create one of the best films of the past few years. Writer/director Noah Baumbach has crafted a highly intelligent script which is achingly witty and bitterly funny; the acting is superb all around; the music fits beautifully, and even the setting (1980s Brooklyn) is something of a character.
2005 USA. Director: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline.
Must See
(repeats at 2:45am on the 18th)
2:15am (18th) – TCM – Kramer vs. Kramer
Meryl Streep won her first Oscar for this film, as the female Kramer in the title, opposite Dustin Hoffman in a realistic look at a couple going through the pains of divorce – and the affects of that split on their young son.
1979 USA. Director: Robert Benton. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexaner.
Newly Featured!
Thursday, February 18
8:00am – IFC – The New World
Terrence Malick may not make many films, but the ones he does make, wow. Superficially the story of John Smith and Pocahontas, The New World is really something that transcends mere narrative – this is poetry on film. Every scene, every shot has a rhythm and an ethereal that belies the familiarity of the story we know. I expected to dislike this film when I saw it, quite honestly. It ended up moving me in ways I didn't know cinema could.
2005 USA. Director: Terrence Malick. Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer.
Must See
(repeats at 2:00pm)
10:45am – IFC – Solaris (2002)
Kurt recently made a case for Steven Soderbergh's Solaris being better than Tarkovsky's original. I still haven't seen either, but here's your chance to re-evaluate Soderbergh's, should you so desire.
2002 USA. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone.
(repeats at 4:20pm)
6:05pm – IFC – The Good German
Soderbergh's attempt using 1940s equipment and filming techniques didn't actually turn into a particularly good movie, but as a filmmaking experiment, it's still fairly interesting. And has George Clooney and Cate Blanchett in gorgeous B&W as former lovers/current spies, if you're into that sort of thing.
2006 USA. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire.
7:40pm – Sundance – The Lives of Others
If any film had to beat out Pan's Labyrinth for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, I'm glad it was one as good as The Lives of Others. A surveillance operator is assigned to eavesdrop on a famous writer who may be working against the government regime – he's torn in both directions when he starts sympathizing with his subject. It's really well done in tone and narrative, with a great performance by the late Ulrich Mühe.
2006 Germany. Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Theime.
8:00pm – IFC – Gangs of New York
It's hard to argue with the concept of a Scorsese/diCaprio/Day-Lewis trifecta in a story about Irish gangs at the dawn of New York's existence, though I found myself underwhelmed with it.
2003 USA. Director: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo diCaprio, Cameron Diaz.
(repeats at 3:15 am on the 19th)
1:30am (19th) – TCM – The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli directs Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell, and Gloria Grahame in one of the best dark-side-of-Hollywood noirish films this side of Sunset Boulevard.
1952 USA. Director: Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell, Gloria Grahame.
Friday, February 19
7:50am – IFC – Primer
Welcome to sci-fi at its most cerebral. You know how most science-dependent films include a non-science-type character so there's an excuse to explain all the science to audience? Yeah, this film doesn't have that character, so no one ever explains quite how the time travel device at the center of the film works. Or even that it is, actually, a time-travel device. This is the sci-fi version of getting thrown into the deep end when you can't swim. Without floaties.
2004 USA. Director: Shane Carruth. Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Carrie Crawford.
(repeats at 12:45pm)
10:00am – TCM – Some Came Running
Frank Sinatra gets to prove his acting chops again as a cynical soldier returning to his small-town home. Shirley MacLaine is a revelation, and Dean Martin gets probably his best role, as well. Meanders a bit in the middle, but thanks to strong performances and incredibly well-done yet subtle mise-en-scene from Minnelli, ends up staying more memorable than you might expect.
1959 USA. Director: Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine.
10:30am – Sundance – Metropolitan
If Jane Austen made a movie in 1990 and set it among entitled Manhattan socialites, this would be it. The film follows a group of such entitled teens from party to party, focusing especially on the one outsider, a boy from the blue-collar class who has to rent a tux and pretend he likes to walk to avoid letting his new friends know he has to take the bus home. Though they find out soon enough, they keep him around because his intellectual nattering amuses them. In fact, it's quite amazing that this film is interesting at all, given the amount of pseudo-intellectual nattering that goes on, from all the characters. But from start to finish, it's both entertaining and an incisive look at the American class structure.
1990 USA. Director: Whit Stillman. Starring: Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Carolyn Farina, Taylor Nichols, Dylan Hundley.
12:30pm – TCM – Love Me or Leave Me
One of Doris Day's better roles places her as a singer in an abusive relationship with gangster/career supporter James Cagney. She's tough yet vulnerable, and her rendition of the title song is suberb.
1955 USA. Director: Charles Vidor. Starring: James Cagney, Doris Day, Cameron Mitchell, Brian Keith.
2:45pm – TCM – Forbidden Planet
What's better than Shakespeare's The Tempest? Why, a science fiction film set on a planet run by a maverick genius, his robot, and his daughter, of course. Okay, Forbidden Planet isn't really better than The Tempest, but it is an interesting take on the play, and an obvious influence on the original Star Trek.
1956 USA. Director: Fred M. Wilcox. Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis.
4:30pm – TCM – Blackboard Jungle
Glenn Ford is the teacher who takes on rowdy inner-city kids in one of the earlier "heroic teacher" films. A young Sidney Poitier is one of the students, and a scene in which a record of "Rock Around the Clock" is played is reputed to be the first time rock n' roll appeared in a film.
1955 USA. Director: Richard Brooks. Starring: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier.
8:00pm – TCM – Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn's signature role in a career full of memorable films, as party girl Holly Golightly, trying to make her way in mod New York City. Breakfast at Tiffany's for me encapsulates 1960s style probably more than any other film, and with a grace and warmth that never grows old.
1961 USA. Director: Blake Edwards. Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney.
Must See
12:00M – TCM – Shane
Alan Ladd plays the titular cowboy, idolized by the young son of the family he takes refuge with as he tries to escape Jack Palance.
1953 USA. Director: George Stevens. Starring: Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance.
6:00am (20th) – Sundance – Ran
Akira Kurosawa's inspired transposition of King Lear into medieval Japan, mixing Shakespeare and Japanese Noh theatre tradition like nobody's business.
1985 Japan. Director: Akira Kurosawa. Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu.
Must See
(repeats at 4:15pm on the 20th)
Saturday, February 20
6:15am – IFC – Love's Labour's Lost
Kenneth Branagh has taken on a lot of Shakespeare plays and usually does them with incredible fidelity (like his uncut, four-plus hour-long Hamlet). This time around, he takes a lesser-known comedy and adds music by Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern to turn it into a 1930s style musical. It doesn't work all the time, but for fans of Shakespeare and old musicals (like me), it's still a fun watch.
2000 USA. Director: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Alessandro Nivolo, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Kenneth Branagh, Matthew Lillard.
(repeats at 11:00am and 3:45pm)
9:20am – IFC – Manhattan
In one of Woody Allen's best films, he's a neurotic intellectual New Yorker (surprise!) caught between his ex-wife Meryl Streep, his teenage mistress Mariel Hemingway, and Diane Keaton, who just might be his match. Black and white cinematography, a great script, and a Gershwin soundtrack combine to create near perfection.
1979 USA. Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Mariel Hemingway, Alan Alda.
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(repeats at 2:05pm)
10:30am – TCM – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis both won acting awards for their parts in Mike Nichols' version of Edward Albee's dysfunctional dinner party play. Remains probably the most well-remembered team-up of erstwhile couple Taylor and Richard Burton.
1966 USA. Director: Mike Nichols. Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, George Segal.
Newly Featured!
3:15pm – TCM – 2001: A Space Odyssey
The benchmark for intellectual science fiction, Kubrick's probable masterpiece is a mindbending ride through a mysteriously alien-driven evolution, with plenty of time for man vs. machine conflict, beautiful space ballet, and gorgeous cinematography.
1968 USA. Director: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester.
Must See
8:00pm – TCM – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Musical tones and volcano images haunt Richard Dreyfuss, eventually leading to an encounter with some of the most strangely beuatiful and mysterious, yet apparently friendly, aliens ever put on film.
1977 USA. Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban.
Sunday, February 21
9:00am – TCM – Citizen Kane
Widely considered the greatest American film ever made. The quest for what makes publisher/politician Charles Foster Kane tick takes a journalist through a fractured narrative that never seems to give any definitive answers. Personally, I respect and recommend Kane for its innovations in narrative, cinematography, and cinema language, but I find it a difficult film to love (yet even that is fitting, as the difficulty of loving or being loved by Kane himself is a central theme).
1941 USA. Director: Orson Welles. Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead.
Must See
9:45am – IFC – Spirited Away
Often considered Hayao Miyazaki's finest film, it's easily among the best family-friendly animated films in existence, full of magic and wonder, gods and spirits, and shapeshifting spells.
2001 Japan. Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Starring: Rumi Hiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki.
Newly Featured!
(repeats at 4:45am on the 22nd)
1:30pm – TCM – The Bridge on the River Kwai
British prisoners of war are commanded to build a bridge over the River Kwai for their Japanese captors – a task which becomes a source of pride for old-school British commander Alec Guinness. But American William Holden is having none of that and makes it his mission to blow the bridge up. One of the great war films.
1957 USA/UK. Director: David Lean. Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa.
4:30pm – TCM – Doctor Zhivago
I can't say I'm a huge fan of this film, but I also haven't seen it for many years – probably so long that I was too young to really get it. Idealistic Zhivago experiences the Bolshevik Revolution while also dealing with his conflicting feelings for his wife Tonya and young nurse Lara. Many things about the romance side of the story bothered me, mostly the fact that I liked Tonya way more than Lara, and I never understood why Zhivago wanted Lara so badly. Although Maurice Jarre did write her a lovely musical theme, I'll say that.
1965 UK/USA. Director: David Lean. Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness.
8:00pm – TCM – On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando's performance as a former boxer pulled into a labor dispute among dock workers goes down as one of the greatest in cinematic history. I'm not even a huge fan of Brando, but this film wins me over.
1954 USA. Director: Elia Kazan. Starring: Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint.
Must See
10:00pm – TCM – North by Northwest
Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) gets mistaken for George Kaplan and pulled into an elaborate web of espionage in one of Hitchcock's most enjoyable and funniest thrillers. So many great scenes it's impossible to list them all.
1959 USA. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau.
Must See
12:30am (22nd) – TCM – To Catch a Thief
Not one of my personal favorite Hitchcock films, but certainly one of his classiest, most sophisticated entries. Cary Grant is a notorious cat burglar, Grace Kelly the Monte Carlo socialite he woos. It's one of Kelly's last films, and she's already looking like the princess she was about to become.
1955 USA. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring; Cary Grant, Grace Kelly.


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It's now one of the few speeches by women among the list of the top 100 political speeches of the 20th century, but at the time, Smith's speech must have been fraught with risk and tension. McCarthy was a national figure, and a feared one; few would speak out against him for fear of reprisals, and people falsely accused felt they had no defense against his power. But Smith, having examined the documents McCarthy said made his case, changed her mind about him and began to question his approach.
Chase began her speech by looking at how the Senate's rules had allowed McCarthy's diatribes to go on, contrasting them effectively with the liberties guaranteed Americans--and not favorably. "It is ironical that we Senators can in debate in the Senate directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to any American, who is not a Senator, any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming an American -- and without that non-Senator American having any legal redress against us -- yet if we say the same thing in the Senate about our colleagues we can be stopped on the grounds of being out of order," she said. And in some of the most famous lines in the speech, she spoke for those who could not address the Senate:
The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.The setting for these remarks is described here:
When Smith rose to deliver her fifteen-minute speech in the Senate chamber, McCarthy sat two rows behind her....After Smith finished, although she had not mentioned McCarthy by name, she fully expected him to respond. Instead, McCarthy quietly left the chamber. A few senators spoke in praise of her remarks, but for the most part the Senate remained silent, fearing to engage McCarthy in further recriminations. The mail, however, showed an eight-to-one approval for Smith's stand. Newspaper editorials endorsed her position, and numerous organizations awarded her recognition for her courageous stand in favor of civil liberties against the politics of fear. The next time that President Truman came to the Capitol for lunch, he invited Margaret Chase Smith to join him. "Mrs. Smith," he told her, "your Declaration of Conscience was one of the finest things that has happened here in Washington in all my years in the Senate and the White House."Smith did face reprisals for speaking out. She was removed from a permanent subcomittee--a violation of Senate norms--by McCarthy, who also helped fund her opponent in her next campaign and ridiculed her speech publicly. But in 1954, the Senate, including Smith, voted to censure McCarthy, effectively silencing him and ending his campaign of fear. What can you learn from this famous speech?
- Cast a wide net: Smith's speech is all about McCarthy and his witchhunts, but she never names him. Instead, she goes after bigger fish: The U.S. Senate and the Republican party. She makes it clear that these larger groups will be tarred with the same brush if they support McCarthy's views or just seek to avoid fighting them--a clever tactic that puts the focus on the real price that will be paid. Not naming McCarthy might have served two other purposes, keeping her speech from sounding like a personal vendetta (and therefore easy to dismiss), and snubbing him by not paying particular attention to him as an individual.
- Anticipate the major argument against your points: McCarthy's fear campaign had worked well precisely because anyone who objected was branded as a Communist sympathizer and a likely target for investigation themselves. Smith makes clear that she is not a sympathizer, then takes us to a higher ground, saying, "I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves."
- Include your proposal in your speech: This speech concludes with the actual declaration and makes it part of the official text, rather than decoupling the two and using the speech to announce the declaration. That fits the setting, but also ensures that her proposal comes with context wrapped around it, all in the parcel of one speech.
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Tallahassee, FL: Humane Lobby Day 2013 - April 10
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This event was originally scheduled for March 26. We hope you can make this new date!
The Humane Society of the United States, The ASPCA and GREY2K USA invite our members and supporters to participate in the 5th Annual Humane Lobby Day in Florida to help make a tremendous difference for animals.
This is an exciting opportunity to meet directly with your elected officials about legislation that will significantly impact the lives of animals. There will be a briefing with tips for citizen lobbying, and an overview of pending animal legislation which will prepare you to advocate for policies that will curb and end egregious acts of cruelty.
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The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.
According to the General Assembly resolution establishing the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to "disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness". The resolution reaffirms "the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence" and the desire "to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence".
On Friday, 30 September 2011, the Permanent Mission of India organizes a special event on the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence. The 2011 commemoration will be focused on the theme, "Non-Violence as an instrument of social change – Why Gandhi Matters".
Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence, has been the inspiration for non-violent movements for civil rights and social change across the world. Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to his belief in non-violence even under oppressive conditions and in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Definition of Non-Violence:
The principle of non-violence — also known as non-violent resistance — rejects the use of physical violence in order to achieve social or political change. Often described as "the politics of ordinary people", this form of social struggle has been adopted by mass populations all over the world in campaigns for social justice.
One key tenet of the theory of non-violence is that the power of rulers depends on the consent of the population, and non-violence therefore seeks to undermine such power through withdrawal of the consent and cooperation of the populace.
There are three main categories of non-violence action:
The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Wangari Maathai. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women's empowerment, Professor Maathai was a pioneer in articulating the links between human rights, poverty, environmental protection and security — for which she was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Police said the woman, who is in her late teens or early 20s, was hit when she got out of the car after getting into an argument with her boyfriend on Maple Lane.
The driver that hit her remained on the scene.
The woman was taken to an area hospital.
Her condition was not immediately known.
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A national veteran's service organization has pulled its backing of a UN treaty intended to improve the lives of disabled people, saying nothing in the agreement would benefit veterans living or traveling overseas.
The 230,000 member AMVETS group was among 21 veterans' organization and military associations that backed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 30, 2012.
But AMVETS committee members who reviewed the treaty in a meeting six weeks later decided that it will not, in fact, assist members with disabilities.
Diane M. Zumatto, AMVETS' national legislative director, informed the Senate Armed Services Committee of the decision in a letter dated July 19 this year. She also said that since the initial endorsement was given without the backing of a member-passed resolution -- as required by AMVETS' bylaws -- it was pulling that support.
She did not detail in the letter any arguments against the treaty beyond the committee's conclusion it would [not] have any measurable, positive effects on veterans with disabilities travelling or serving abroad.
Other veteran and military groups appear to be sticking with the treaty.
Chris Neiweem, an Iraq War vet and policy director for Vets First, said in an interview with Think Progress on Monday that veterans and military groups backing the treaty will renew their push for it on Capitol Hill in the coming weeks.
The American Legion reiterated its support in a Nov. 1 letter to SASC Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, and ranking member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
The Legion and others argue that by signing the treaty the U.S. is merely advocating that other countries do what the United States has been doing since adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990: giving disabled people greater access to places and services. Among this group, they say, are millions of American veterans living or traveling abroad, as well as military family members -- a disabled spouse or child -- living overseas.
"The [treaty] would promote greater accessibility and protecting from disability discrimination in these countries for them," the Legion says in its letter.
AMVETS opposition to the treaty was noted during a Nov. 5 SASC hearing by retired Navy helicopter pilot Susan Yoshihara, who was there representing The Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute.
Yoshihara said the language of the treaty is open to interpretation. She said the United Nations Children's Fund -- UNICEF -- already has misinterpreted treaty language to say it includes a right to supply sexual information or medical services to children as young as 10 without a parent's consent.
Retired Navy helicopter pilot Susan Yoshihara said she believes the treaty could be used by some groups to try and amend U.S. law and policy.
Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chancellor of Patrick Henry College, said becoming a signatory to the treaty would open the door to the UN dictating what constitutes a disability and stipulating make is in the best interest of children.
American Legion National Commander Daniel Dellinger acknowledged in his letter to Menendez and Corker that some have "expressed misgivings about the treaty."
"However, we are confident these concerns have been addressed by the adoption of a set of conditions, called reservations, understandings and declarations," he said, "[that] protect U.S. sovereignty, ensure parental rights and recognize the treaty as a nondiscrimination instrument similar to the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act."
According to Dellinger's letter, veterans groups and military associations that back the treaty are among more than 700 American organizations that favor ratification; these groups also include faith-based organizations, disability advocates and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, his letter states.
Other veteran and military oriented groups that signed onto the May 30, 2012, letter supporting the treaty are the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Blinded Veterans of America, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans of America, Air Force Association, Air Force Women Officers Associated, the American GI Forum, the Association of the U.S. Navy, Jewish War Veterans, the Military Officers Association of America, the National Military Family Association, the National Association of Black Veterans, the National Guard Association of the United States, the National Military Family Association, Veterans for Common Sense, Veterans of Modern Warfare, VetsFirst, and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Though the UN treaty also has the support of the majority in the Senate, the 61-38 vote in favor failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed for ratification last December. The opposition votes, cast by 38 of the chamber's 47 Republican members, came even after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spoke strongly in favor of the treaty and as former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kansas -- a wounded veteran of World War II -- watched the proceedings from the well of the Senate in his wheelchair.


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It's become apparent to me over the past few years that—somehow—it has become acceptable for even the best HR departments not to follow-up with candidates after an interview to let them know their status … ever. As a 20+ year HR professional, I'm embarrassed for our profession by this. We can do better.
Over the years, I have found recruiters to be among the hardest-working, most dedicated employees in an organization. They are almost invariably over-worked, underpaid, and putting in the maximum effort, day after day. Therefore, the "not calling back" phenomenon is certainly not due to lack of effort or commitment on the recruiter's part. Yet and still, this isn't acceptable, and we need to change it.
What's Happening
Here's the scenario that often plays out:
- Candidate responds to an internet posting with a resume and cover letter.
- If they're lucky, candidate receives an automated response saying, "We'll be in touch if you're a match." (No problem there).
- Candidate is called for an interview (either on-site or by telephone). Hopes rise.
- Interview occurs.
- Candidate checks their e-mail/voicemail regularly … in vain. Hopes are dashed.
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These occupation profiles include specific information about the nature of the work; average earnings; underlying training and education; related occupations; and corresponding academic programs.
Fast Facts: AAs of 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 9,508,750 employed in the Transportation and Material Moving occupational group earning the mean annual income of $31,450.
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What's Hot: This is the planes, trains and automobiles group. The commercial airline industry lives in 'rarified air' as "Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers" (averaging $119,750), "Air Traffic Controllers" ($108,090) and "Commercial Pilots" ($75,500) hold the top three spots on the Transportation and Material Moving Best Paid list. Interestingly, occupations related to ships are clustered in the fourth and fifth spots, followed by trains (at #7, 9-10) comprising most of the remaining Best Paid top ten.
What's Not: Automobile-related occupations apparently hold less weight (both literally and figuratively) as "Parking Lot Attendants" (annually averaging $ 20,120) and "Service Station Attendants" ($20,340) hold the first two positions on the Least Paid list. Similar to the undervalued "Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics" who only average $31,980 in the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical group, "Ambulance Drivers and Attendants (excluding Emergency Medical Technicians)" annually average $23,400. In addition, "Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs" only average $23,540 (try getting around New York without them) and "Bus Drivers, School" entrusted for the safety of the country's most valuable resource average $27,060 per year.
Sources: In addition to specific citations noted, supplementary source materials include the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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"modern herbalists say adaptogenic herbs are plants
with properties that exert a normalizing influence on the body."
"An adaptogenic substance is one that demonstrates a nonspecific enhancement of the body's ability to resist a stressor. The term was first introduced in 1947 by Russian scientist N.V. Lazarev to describe the unique action of a material claimed to increase nonspecific resistance of an organism to an adverse influence. In 1958, I.I. Brekhman, a Russian holistic medical doctor, and his colleague I.V. Dardymov, established the following definition of an adaptogen: It "must be innocuous and cause minimal disorders in the physiological functions of an organism, it must have a nonspecific action, and it usually has a normalizing action irrespective of the direction of the pathological state."1"
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Date: 1709
"That fatal Night the Duke felt hostile Fires in his Breast, Love was entred with all his dreadful Artillery; he took possession in a moment of the Avenues that lead to the Heart! neither did the resistance he found there serve for any thing but to make his Conquest more illustrious."
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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that defenceman Ryan Ellis of the Windsor Spitfires is the 2010-11 recipient of the Red Tilson Trophy awarded to the OHL's Most Outstanding Player of the Year as voted by the writers and broadcasters that cover the league.
Ellis, who scored 101 points in 58 games with 24 goals and 77 assists became the first defenceman in 17 years to score more than 100 points in a season. He is just the fourth defenceman in the 67-year history of the Red Tilson Trophy to win the award following Brian Campbell (Ottawa, 1999), Bryan Fogarty (Niagara Falls, 1989), and Ron Howell (Guelph, 1956). He is also just the third member of the Windsor Spitfires to win the award and first in 30 years following Ernie Godden in 1981 and Glenn Hall in 1951.
"This is a great honour and very exciting for me," said Ellis. "The guys who have their names on this trophy have done some great things for hockey. The fans in Windsor have been instrumental to our success over the years and I want to thank everyone for the best four years anyone could ask for."
The 20-year-old from Freelton, ON, was selected by the Spitfires in the second round, 22 overall in the 2007 OHL Priority Selection. He adds to an already impressive list of OHL awards including the Max Kaminsky Trophy as Defenceman of the Year earned this season as well as in 2008-09. He is a three-time All-Star named twice to the First Team this season and in 2008-09, and was a Second Team All-Star last season. Ellis was also named to the OHL's All-Rookie team in 2007-08 the same season he was recognized as the Bobby Smith Trophy winner as the OHL's Scholastic Player of the Year.
"On behalf of the Windsor Spitfires we are very excited for Ryan," said Spitfires Vice-President and General Manager Warren Rychel. "He leads by example and while his on-ice accolades are clear it is also his character off the ice that has been tremendous and instrumental in helping our younger players with their development this season. He has given so much to the community. It will be tough moving forward without Ryan Ellis but he will be remembered as one of the greatest and one of the players that helped put the Windsor Spitfires on the map."
A winner throughout his four-year junior career with the Spitfires, the 2009 first round pick of the Nashville Predators captured two OHL and Memorial Cup titles and was named to the MasterCard Memorial Cup All-Star Team in 2009. Internationally, Ellis is the only player in the history of Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence to win Gold at each of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (2008), IIHF World Under-18 Championship (2008), Memorial of Ivan Hlinka (2008), and the IIHF World Junior Championship (2009). He also earned silver medals with Canada at the 2010 World Junior Championship and again in 2011 in Buffalo, NY, when he served as Team Captain and was named Best Defenceman of the tournament setting a new IIHF and Team Canada record for most career-points by a defenceman with 25 in 20 games.
"True and simple Ryan Ellis is a winner," said Predators President and General Manager David Poile. "I love players that are able to compete in April and in May and Ryan has shown his ability to be one of the best when his teams are competing for a championship. He has had a fabulous junior career, but equally important is how he has conducted himself as not just a special player but a great person."
With 314 points in 226 career games, Ellis is just the third defenceman in OHL history to record 300 career points and trails only Rick Corriveau who recorded 329 points in 260 games with London and Niagara Falls from 1987-92, and Denis Potvin who recorded 330 in 257 games with the Ottawa 67's from 1967-73 for career points by an OHL defenceman.
The Red Tilson Trophy is the most prestigious individual award presented by the Ontario Hockey League. Accredited media were asked to select their top three choices from the 20 nominees representing all 20 member clubs. Players received five points for a first place selection, three points for second place and one point for a third place selection.
In the 75 ballots collected, Ellis received 245 points in the voting process and was listed as the number one choice on more than 50% of all ballots. He finishes ahead of Top Scorers Tyler Toffoli of the Ottawa 67's who received 135 voting points, and Jason Akeson of the Kitchener Rangers who finished in third place with 74 points.
The trophy is named in honour of Albert "Red" Tilson, who was killed in action in Europe during World War II. Tilson was the OHA scoring champion for the 1942-43 season after scoring 19 goals and 38 assists for 57 points in 22 games with the Oshawa Generals.
Other winners of the Red Tilson Trophy include Frank Mahovlich (Toronto 1957), Mike Foligno (Sudbury, 1979), Doug Gilmour (Cornwall 1983), Eric Lindros (Oshawa 1991), David Legwand (Plymouth 1998), Brad Boyes (Erie 2001 & 2002), Corey Perry (London 2005), and John Tavares (Oshawa 2007), with Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers receiving the award last season.
Ellis will be the OHL's nominee for the Canadian Hockey League Player of the Year Award presented at the CHL Awards Ceremony during the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Mississauga.


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I'm a relatively new accordance user, and very new to the syntax module - having only bought it two days ago. Which is to say that I could be completely wrong about this; but I just can't see how Gen 39:5 can possibly be correctly diagrammed in the syntax module. Should not the wayyiqtol ויברך be attached to the clause after it, not preceding it? As it stands, there are no verbs in the non-dependent mainline clause. (See image attached.)
If I am incorrect, and Gen 39:5 is properly diagrammed (which is entirely possible), then can someone please explain to me how this verse is working and why the mainline wayyiqtol verb is labelled as adjunct?


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More photos from SISTERHOOD OF DUNE tour
Some shots fans have sent me of the signings in Houston, Atlanta, and Minneapolis—obviously still a lot of support from my Star Wars fans as well.
Remembering Curie
We just lost our beloved cat Curie, a Russian blue, who gave us eighteen years of happiness and precious company. For those of you who have pets, I don't need to explain how terribly painful it is; for those who don't have pets, there's no way I can explain it.
SISTERHOOD OF DUNE tour wrapup
I'm sitting in the Houston airport, waiting to board the plane home after doing SISTERHOOD OF DUNE talks and appearances in nine cities. The hotels were nice, the many fans were wonderful…but home is awfully nice, too.
The SISTERHOOD OF DUNE tour began on January 3. Brian spent the day going around Seattle signing stock in area bookstores, while I hit the stores in Colorado Springs, Denver, and Boulder (14 bookstores in all). That evening's event at Barnes & Noble drew 55 people, including 15 fully costumed Star Wars fans. (Yes, it was a Dune signing, but I've done 54 Star Wars books as well, and many of the SW fans are also big Dune fans. I love it when they come out to support the events.)
New SISTERHOOD OF DUNE Hits Bookstores Today
I packed the suitcase last night while Rebecca and I watched a DVD of "Arrested Development" and this morning I'm ready to head off, spending the morning in Colorado Springs at bookstores signing copies of SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, as soon as the stores unpack their boxes. I'll spend the afternoon in Denver and Boulder doing dropby signings at numerous stores, then I'll get to the Lone Tree Barnes & Noble for my formal talk and signing event tonight at 7 PM. Brian has a similar schedule today all around the Seattle area, ending up at the University Book Store for his debut signing tonight.
SISTERHOOD OF DUNE Tour Starts Tomorrow
The first new Dune novel in 2-1/2 years, SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, is released in the US tomorrow, Jan 3. Brian Herbert and I are launching our "double tour," with Brian doing the initial signing at University Book Store in Seattle and I'll be at the Barnes & Noble in Lone Tree (Denver area).
Sisterhood of Dune Tour Starts Tomorrow!
Tomorrow starts the SISTERHOOD OF DUNE national book tour.
Jan 3, Tuesday
DENVER: Kevin—B&N, Lone Tree, CO/7pm
SEATTLE: Brian—University Bookstore, Seattle, WA /7pm
Jan 4, Wednesday
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Kevin—Uncle Hugo's/5:30 PM
PORTLAND, OR: Brian—Powells Books/7pm
Jan 5, Thursday
CHICAGO area: Kevin—Fremont library, Mundelein IL/7pm
Jan 6, Friday
DAYTON, OH: Kevin—Books & Co at the Greene/7pm
SACRAMENTO, CA: Brian—B&N/7pm
Jan 7, Saturday
CINCINNATI, OH: Kevin—Joseph-Beth Bookselllers/1 PM
Jan 8, Sunday
ATLANTA (Decatur): Kevin—Eagle Eye Bookstore/2 PM